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confession have not taken prenatal vitamins whole pregnancy

Should i be worried...i felt they made me sick plus im scared to death to swallow pills so i stopped taking them at the beginning .....im due in a few weeks and worried that will take a toll on his health....

Can you try to change your diet? i am not talking about counting calories and crap like that but just upping your veggie and fruit intake ( and protein)! I never had cravings so i have no clue to be honest.

Honestly unless you can change and eat al ot of veggies/fruits and protein i would probably try to force the vitamins :(

Quoting july09baby:

Quoting Cynthje:

I never took prenatals (i did take folic acid) and my babies are fine but i know i eat a very healthy and well balanced diet so i felt that for me it was no big deal.

Whats your diet like?

im going to be honest not the best....i eat fruit here and there ..lots of meat and junk food things ive been craving

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I didn't take any either. I wouldn't worry unless you know you don't eat a balanced diet. I keep really good track of my diet, so I'm not worried. If you aren't getting the nutrients from your food, then you really should be taking a supplement of some kind.

I took them with my first two, they were and are taller than normal and healthy. My third son I didn't take them bc it made me sick and he was smaller than the other two. He's still healthy like the others but my husband thinks its because I didn't take them. This one is like that too. I get sick when I take them. But my doc said I could take the gummies so that's what I'm going to do. But you only have a few weeks left. You could still start taking them and maybe eat more fruits and veggies. Is always better for the baby anyways.

I don't take them regularly. I don't eat terrible but I don't eat very well either. I always always always took them with my first two and I took them every single day until about 8 or 9 weeks with this one but I had horrible morning sickness from 5 weeks to 15 weeks and after a few weeks I just couldn't take it anymore. I started taking a folic acid pill once a day but I couldn't remember those for anything! Now I'm not in the habit of taking my prenatals so I always forget them. I probably average 3-4 a week. If I can't remember if I took one that day or not I just eat an extra bowl of raisin bran, lmao.

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